Ron Clegg

Ron Clegg
Personal information
Date of birth	17 November 1927
Date of death
Original team(s)	Melbourne Boys League
Height/Weight	183 cm / 84 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1945-1960	South Melbourne	231 (156)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1958-1959	South Melbourne	36 (15-21-0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960 season.
Career highlights
Brownlow Medal 1949 Runner Up Brownlow Medal 1951 South Melbourne Best & Fairest 1948, 1949, 1951 South Melbourne captain 1953-1954, 1957-1960 South Melbourne/Sydney Swans Team of the Century Victorian representative (15 games, 7 goals)

Ron "Smokey" Clegg (17 November 1927 – 23 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

A brilliant key position player at either centre half-forward or centre half-back, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1949 while playing with the then South Melbourne Football Club. He won the club's Best and Fairest award three times.

In 1996 Clegg was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

References

• AFL Hall of Fame